Freeland departs Ottawa as ‘objectively’ one of Canada’s most influential cabinet ministers: politicos

A longtime MP who saw the rise, fall, and resurrection of the Liberal Party, Chrystia Freeland is praised for a record of notable accomplishments as she departs Ottawa after more than a decade in politics.
Chrystia Freeland, centre, at the March 2025 Liberal leadership announcement, said she would vacate her Toronto seat on Jan. 9, after being appointed as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's economic development adviser.

Longtime Liberal MP Chrystia Freeland, a political heavy hitter who was once considered heir apparent to then-prime minister Justin Trudeau—and the knife-wielder whose bombshell cabinet resignation was the final nail in his political coffin—leaves behind a storied tenure...

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